{"id":1494,"date":"2022-07-19T07:57:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/index.php\/2022\/07\/19\/no-red-wave-for-gun-rights\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:57:12","slug":"no-red-wave-for-gun-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2022\/07\/no-red-wave-for-gun-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"No \u2018red wave\u2019 for gun rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/cimages\/5bcf6b4cbc542c90ce112ef502d41dff\/GRNC-PVF%20masthead-improved600.jpg\" alt=\"GRNC-PVF\" width=\"675\" height=\"93\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New';\"><strong>Gun Rights Supporters:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">For months, <strong><u>pundits have been predicting a \u201cred wave\u201d<\/u><\/strong> in the 2022 elections. Record inflation, skyrocketing crime, a nascent recession, and Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating in the toilet; all of these things would hand Republicans control of Congress, they insisted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">But then the Supreme Court rendered <strong><u>two decisions that caused the left to get unhinged<\/u><\/strong>. First came the Bruen decision, striking down not only \u201cgood cause\u201d requirements for handgun permits, but also the \u201ctwo-step\u201d process used by leftist judges to make the Second Amendment, in the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, a \u201csecond class right.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Next was the reversal of Roe v. Wade (and no, I am not advocating a position either way), after which leftists rioted, burned pregnancy crisis centers, and threatened Supreme Court Justices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u2018Red wave?\u2019 Maybe not.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My point is that <strong><u>the \u201cred wave\u201d is no longer assured<\/u><\/strong>, and the two Court decisions could<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1493\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden.jpg 859w, https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/> drive\u00a0leftists to the polls in their desperation to protect Roe v. Wade with legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Even facing the worst administration in U.S. history, <strong><u>we can\u2019t take it for granted that we will win in November<\/u><\/strong>. As I write this, the Democratic National Committee is running scare ads claiming that if they don\u2019t vote Democrat, gay marriage and all manner of \u201crights\u201d will be reversed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">And if we don\u2019t win control of Congress in November, <strong><u>one of the nightmares that Nancy Pelosi has been passing in the US House will eventually pass the Senate<\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>How <u>we<\/u> win\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0What I predict in November is a slugfest in which <strong><u>the party that turns out the most motivated voters, wins<\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">And I don\u2019t know about you, but <strong><u>I intend to win<\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Moreover, <strong><u>GRNC is about to use technology to win elections in a way that may never have been used before in our state<\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">But winning means <strong><u>we need money<\/u><\/strong>. As you recall, GRNC is restricted by law in using membership money to influence elections, meaning we must raise funds separately for our federal political action committee, the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grnc.org\/pvf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GRNC Political Victory Fund<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">That forces me to come, hat in hand, asking for GRNC-PVF donations. (But <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> like Creepy Joe kissing \u201cSheik\u2019s Yerbouti\u201d for oil.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grnc.org\/pvf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GRNC-Political Victory Fund<\/a><\/strong> doesn\u2019t just throw money at candidates. Instead, we do sophisticated \u201cindependent expenditures\u201d \u2013 mailings, email, social media ads, radio spots and <strong><u>a new \u201csecret weapon\u201d \u2013 to \u201cthrow the bums out.<\/u>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">So please, folks, contribute generously at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grnc.org\/pvf\">GRNC.org\/PVF<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">As always, all-volunteer GRNC will endeavor to put your money to more efficient, effective use in defending your rights than any other group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Armatissimi e liberissimi,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/cimages\/5bcf6b4cbc542c90ce112ef502d41dff\/PaulV_Signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"134\" align=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"> <br \/> F. Paul Valone<br \/> President, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grnc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grass Roots North Carolina<\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;\">Executive Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightswatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rights Watch International<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;\">Radio<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;\"> host, <a href=\"http:\/\/gunspoliticsandfreedom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guns, Politics and Freedom<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>P.S. We know that thanks to the \u201cBiden economy,\u201d gas is pushing $5\/gallon and in even bacon is up 40%. We know money is tight. But anything you can do &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grnc.org\/pvf\">$250, $100, $50 or even $25<\/a> \u2013 will help us elect pro-gun candidates and defeat anti-gun candidates.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun Rights Supporters: For months, pundits have been predicting a \u201cred wave\u201d in the 2022 elections. Record inflation, skyrocketing crime, a nascent recession, and Joe &#8230; <a title=\"No \u2018red wave\u2019 for gun rights?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2022\/07\/no-red-wave-for-gun-rights\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about No \u2018red wave\u2019 for gun rights?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grnc-pvf-alertsupdates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}